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Sustainable Sudbury Fall Bike Tour
In memory of long-time member Eric Lind Meet in front of Curtis Middle School1 PM, Saturday Nov. 12th(Nov. 13th in case of bad weather) Sustainable Sudbury is going for a bike ride! We’ll enjoy autumn and get some pre-Thanksgiving exercise with a relaxed bicycle tour to share examples of sustainability in our community and to…
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Your Voice Matters in Selecting Our New Town Manager:
Help ensure that our next Town Manager is committed to sustainability and climate action. Please participate. Here are the ways: fill out a short survey, attend a community meeting via Zoom, and/or write directly to the select board. You can complete a short survey by Thursday, September 8. Sustainability issues are offered as one of…
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Town of Wayland to Implement a Climate Action Mobilization Plan
Sudbury’s Article 58 Climate Emergency Declaration, passed at spring town meeting, calls for the creation and implementation of a Climate Mobilization Action Plan for our town. WAYLAND — The Town of Wayland is pleased to announce that it will implement a Climate Action Mobilization Plan (CAMP) following approval from the Select Board. (PDF link.) On…
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2022 Town Forum: Climate Change & Sustainability
As the town’s first step in enacting Article 58, Climate Emergency Declaration, Select Board member Janie Dretler is organizing this public town forum, with some help from Sustainable Sudbury’s Climate Action group. We urge everyone who can to attend, to show their support and learn what Sudbury is doing and plans to do — 7/14…
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Vermont is Leading the Way in the Renewable Energy Transition
Excerpts from powermag.com/vermont-and-iso-new-england-provide-an-interesting-renewable-energy-transition-case-study/ submitted by Bob M. About 80% of Vermont’s power comes from renewable energy. Almost no fossil-fueled plants operate in the state, other than a handful of peaker units, many of which are on the short-list for closure. Distributed Energy Proliferates … The reason is that rooftop solar has become widespread in the…
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The 2022 Sustainable Sudbury Scholarship for Environmental Leadership
Congratulations to Emilia Arrabo, this year’s recipient of the Award for Environmental Leadership. A 2022 graduate of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Emilia plans to major in environmental studies at Tufts University. “Specifically, I am excited to go down the track of Environmental Health, Policy and Justice as well as Sustainability and Equity offered within this…
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SUCCESS! Climate Emergency Declared at Town Meeting!
Article 58, “Climate Emergency Declaration” passed last night as the final article of the 2022 Sudbury Town Meeting. This was the culmination of more than a year of hard work and hard struggle by Sustainable Sudbury’s CED team: Alex Vai, Debbie Wolozin, Leslie Lowe, Marie Royea, Melissa Gough, Bruce Porter and Tom Yelton. Thank you…
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LWV Climate Emergency Forum on Article 58, See it Now
Declaring a climate emergency in Sudbury and taking steps to address it, including hiring a sustainability director, will be up for a vote at Sudbury Annual Town Meeting in May. A virtual public form on Town Meeting Article 58 “Why Declare a Climate Emergency in Sudbury?” was held April 4, sponsored by Sustainable Sudbury and…
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Open Zoom Sessions on Article 58 “Climate Emergency Declaration”: April 25 & 27
The Sustainable Sudbury Climate Emergency Declaration working group will hold two open Zoom information sessions about Town Meeting article 58 “Climate Emergency Declaration.” Information about Article 58 can be found on our webpage: SustainableSudbury.org/climate-emergency/. Do you have questions about Article 58 or Town Meeting? Join us for a Q&A session by zoom: Monday April 25…
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Public Forum April 4 on Climate Emergency Warrant Article
Declaring a climate emergency in Sudbury and taking steps to address it, including hiring a sustainability director, will be up for a vote at Sudbury Annual Town Meeting in May. Learn more about the warrant article, filed by citizens petition, at a virtual public forum, “Why Declare a Climate Emergency in Sudbury?” Monday, April 4,…
